A Quebec couple suffered serious injuries after their vehicle collided with a moose in southern Algonquin Park early Sunday morning (May 19).
At around 1 a.m., the Killaloe Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of the collision, which happened on Highway 60 near Tea Lake, around 48 kilometres northeast of Huntsville.
After the vehicle struck the moose, it left the roadway and hit a tree. The two occupants of the car, a 45-year-old man and 40-year-old woman from Quebec, were transported to a hospital in Huntsville.
The woman, who received life-threatening injuries, was later transported to a Toronto trauma centre. The man, who received non-life-threatening injuries, remains in the Huntsville hospital in stable condition.
The OPP officers who responded to the scene had just finished investigating another collision between a vehicle and a moose. There were no serious injuries in that collision.
When responding to the scene, one of two Muskoka Paramedic Service ambulances also struck another moose. While the ambulance was extensively damaged in the collision, no injuries were reported.
The OPP are warning motorists that an increasing number of moose have been coming out of the forest and onto roads, particularly in the area of Algonquin Park, in an effort to escape from swarms of insects such as black flies.
They are asking drivers to keep theirs eyes on the road and ditches ahead while driving in the area and to observe posted speed limits so they have adequate time to react should a moose appear on the road.
Highway 60 was closed in the area while police documented the scene.
